Apparatus and method for displaying information
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorFrancis McCullough
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a display method for use in a vehicle, comprising obtaining information associated with a vehicle or external image data of a region proximal to the vehicle, and displaying, on a display device worn by an occupant of the vehicle, one or more of a graphical representation of at least one component of the vehicle having one or more characteristics based on the information associated with the vehicle, or a representation of the external image data, wherein the one or more displayed representation is arranged to overlie a portion of the vehicle to be indicative of a portion of the vehicle being at least partly transparent.
Claims20
A display method for use in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining external image data of a region proximal to the vehicle and information associated with the vehicle in relation to at least one component thereof, the external image data being obtained from one or more cameras associated with the vehicle and the information including data indicative of a state of the at least one component;
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- displaying, on a display device worn by an occupant of the vehicle, a graphical representation of the at least one component based on the obtained information associated with the at least one component, and a graphical representation of an image derived from the external image data,
- wherein each displayed graphical representation is configured to overlie, from a point of view of the occupant, a portion of the vehicle such that the portion of the vehicle appears at least partly transparent.
A display apparatus for use with a vehicle, the display apparatus comprising:
- a wearable display configured to display information to an occupant of the vehicle such that the displayed information overlies, from a point of view of the occupant, a portion of the vehicle such that the portion of the vehicle appears at least partly transparent;
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- a processor configured to determine information associated with the vehicle, the information including data indicative of a state of one or more components of the vehicle, and receive external image data for a region ahead of the vehicle, the external image data being obtained from one or more cameras associated with the vehicle;
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- wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display a graphical representation of at least one component of the vehicle based on the determined information associated with the vehicle and a graphical representation of an image derived from the external image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.